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420 Wilbraham Road Manchester M21 0AS

PLA-2026-001148Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 16 September 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Installation of louvered pergola.

Submitted
27 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chorlton
  1. Received27 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.3 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Sep

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 420 Wilbraham Road Manchester M21 0AS. Manchester has handled 4,194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Manchester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across Chorlton. We hold 470 applications in total for the M21 postcode area.

87% of full applications at Manchester City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed pergola, by reason of its scale, form and prominent siting within the forecourt of the premises at the junction of Wilbraham Road and Albany Road, would appear as an incongruous, visually intrusive and ad-hoc addition within the street scene. The proposal would erode the openness of this prominent corner site, introduce visual clutter, and fail to integrate satisfactorily with both the application property and the character and appearance of the surrounding area. As such, the proposal would represent a poor-quality form of development that would fail to respond positively to its context and would cause unacceptable harm to the visual amenity of the surrounding area. The proposal is therefore contrary to policies DM1 and SP1 of the Manchester Core Strategy, policy JP-P1 of Places for Everyone, and the National Planning Policy Framework (2026).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
M21 0AS
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2026
Consultation expiry
3 September 2026
Consultation end
3 September 2026
Application expires
21 September 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15110559
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Brownfield land register: Chorlton Nursery, Wilbraham RoadRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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